the national park service and coast guard are the lead agencies with the army corps of engineers and the presidio trust as cooperating agencies for that effort. the goal of that effort -- and it is a goal -- is that nepa would conclude with an environmental assessment. rather than an environmental impact statement. in order for that approach to hold, the analysis would have to avoid a finding of significant adverse impact. the federal agencies would have to [inaudible] assessment to be published. that would occur in mid-2012. the agreement requires a number of plans to be developed. mainly by the city. a few by the event authority. this has been a very successful way for the public to engage in certain aspects of the project. i will highlight a few that have drawn the most attention -- the people plan was the first big plan that was developed by the office of economic and workforce development in conjunction with sfmta. peter albert was here earlier tonight and led the effort on the plan. very comprehensive look at how to expand transit service to hit the demand for some of these pea

the corps of engineers would receive $4.868 billion, that's an increase of $7 million or .1% above f y 2011 and $291 million or 5.9% above the president's request. and here's why. the corps of engineers, i strongly believe, is responsible for such a wide array of projects -- building, maintaining, repairing locks, levees, dams, dredging for waterway navigation, devastating floods and hurricanes in the last few months that have damaged many communities across the united states, are a stark reminder of why corps of engineers' infrastructure projects receive such a high congressional priority. with a ban on congressionally directed projects or, as is not so fondly called earmarks, congress cannot direct needed funding to projects that may have been overlooked by the administration or to address emerging needs after the president's budget submission. the president's fy 2012 budget request did not include more than 100 studies and projects for navigation, flood control, and environmental restoration that the administration included in the fy 2012 work plan. without funding in 2012, these s

our brown street wharf is a new park coming out following the demolition that the army corps of engineers is receiving bids on tomorrow. the new park will be advertised sometime in december, probably bidding in january of 2012. it is going to include concrete, paving, landscaping, signage and so forth. another project that is coming out in january is the pier 33 bulkhead. that will include an elevator, substructure work, new electrical service, a new 800 amp service. 460-volt transformer on the sidewalk. so look for that package as well. a quick project that is coming out in the beginning of the year, a new canopy. it is going to be a prefab indicated canopy to be installed at pier 50. that is a $400,000 project. then we also have a variety of other projects. we also have a fencing project, $1.4 million of fencing to pro void -- to provide security. if you have any questions, you can look at the port website and the trade packages. contacts and phone numbers and names are on there. [applause] >> my name is rhonda simmons from the office of work force development. i think i'm last because

corp. of engineer were studying clam and they would fill in the bay. bay would have reduced the bay to a river. thanks to mclaughlan and others the save san francisco bay association says that over the past century about a third of the bay has been filled in. the world's fair of 1915 called the international exposition was filled on san francisco on landfill that later became the marina district. at the turn of the century sailing ships were being replaced by engine powered ships who's oil and fuel and garbage would pollute the bay. in 1998 when this rare film was made no one was worried about pollution. and in truth there wasn't much yet to worry it about. the boys watching this ship launching decided to celebrate it by jumping into the bay clothes and all. soot from mining became a -- several fish species were already leaving the bay and heading out for cleaner water. what was the bay like before the cities and machines arrived? there are no films of that but malcolm margoli said the bay had softer edges. >> there was this huge area that was neither

> it is the city and town of santa cisco, the port, -- of san francisco, the port, the army corps of engineers, fish and game, boating and wildlife. >> every time somebody wants to do something, and has to go through all of these review agencies. >> it makes it very interesting. >> the port is really a separate administrative jurisdiction. the ferry boat we are not on the -- a theory but we are on is not regulated by them. at the port has its own authority granted by state law, state charter which says they have their own building department, they issue their own permit, planning department. it is a separate government organization. >> the primary mission as described by state land, number one, to provide for maritime commerce, navigation. no. 2, it is to protect natural resources. third, it provides facilities that attract people to the waterfront. that is what the state land commission is. the port does not share a budget with the city. they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how

teaching vets current computing skills-- for example, to archive artifacts found during army corps of engineers corps archaeologist sonny trimble had the idea after a tour in iraq digging up mass graves. >> the people that kept us alive and guarded us all the time day and night were soldiers, marines, 24 hours a day. they were around us while we were working, guarding us while we slept at night. i wanted pay these individuals back. >> reporter: a job that pays up to $14.50 an hour, funded by the army corps of engineers, a quiet alternative to the sudden jolt of the job market. >> it's a complete 180 turnaround. >> edmond sheffield joined the archaeology program last november after beating the pavement for months. >> just going throughout your whole military career, it's structure, structure, structure, instructions, instructions, instructions. some people just can't just snap your fingers and go, like, "hey, i'm a civilian! i'm no longer in the military." >> in the military, there's a sense of security, you know, financial security, and there's also a sense of community. when i separated, i los

permit, primarily concerned with public access and fill, but also may need to work with the corps of engineers, depending on what is anconsidered. i think that covers the issues we will have to look at. this is really dependent on what we find in the physical investigation. we hope to be back to the port commission in january 2012 with reports and recommendations based on the physical condition and all the factors i presented to you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? commissioners? >> in terms of the analysis that will be done, maybe you covered this, but is there anything that will look at the strength of the pilings underneath the shed? i know that alters potential cost. >> cnd work is premised on the notion that there is not additional catastrophic repair that needs to happen, or we are going to propose uses that would trigger a seismic upgrade. the engineering group has recently done a structural assessment report, which means they have been under theire -- [inaudible] >> i just wanted to make sure that we had some assessment of that before going forward. >> ed burns.

permit, primarily concerned with public access and fill, but also may need to work with the corps of engineers, depending on what is anconsidered. i think that covers the issues we will have to look at. this is really dependent on what we find in the physical investigation. we hope to be back to the port commission in january 2012 with reports and recommendations based on the physical condition and all the factors i presented to you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? commissioners?

designated the surface oils operable unit to hard corps of engineers is the prime contractor to come in and do your clean ups it's pretty simple you go out you dig up some dirt out of the yard you bring in new clean dirt take the top six inches where it's hot or it's above the cleanup standard if you have some below that in that spot you take the next six inches it cetera like a man and i spent eighty thousand dollars to redo my yard. about three feet. deep all around. always advantage of. the best estimate i've gotten from e.p.a. is a little over one hundred thirty million dollars the average cost to remediate your by the e.p.a. was seventy thousand dollars per house in not believe it was ninety five i had some e.p.a. officials kind of my office and they told me what they wanted to do i said come go with me so we all got an optic and i drove up on a chair and i said you folks think you're going to be able to fix this and one e.p.a. official made the statement to me on top of that ship all right over there i'll be able to retire here that's their attitude it's not about what's best fo

the army corps of engineers typically approves construction activities in federal waters along the port's jurisdiction. we are consulting with both the united states fish and wildlife service and the national marine fisheries service to look at impacts on endangered species listed at the federal level. national historic preservation act compliance with respect to historic resources. the state lands commission will weigh in on dredging activities in some of the waterfront areas through adoption of the lease. the regional water quality control board takes a number of actions with respect to the event. there is section 401 water quality certification. there are construction permits, storm water pollution prevention plans, etc. california department of fish and game is looking at impacts -- potential impacts on state listed species, and the bay area air quality management district will have to act on some construction-related air permits. there are non-construction- related promotions that are required at the federal level as well. these are principally the park service through ggnra and san

army corps of engineers contracts that defrauded u.s. taxpayers of a minimum of $20 million. taxpayer dollars wasted on b.m.w.'s, rolexes, flat screen televisions, first class airline ticket, investment properties across the globe and the list goes on. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman deserves to be heard. if members will please take their conversations from the floor. the gentleman may proceed. mr. larsen: in exchange for these kickbacks the contractors were guaranteed millions in sole source open-ended contracts for the total award potential of more than $1.7 billion. that's billion with a b. they were sailing high on taxpayer dollars while other americans were struggling to stay afloat. when they were arrested, the co-conspirators had their sights set on ads 780 million corps of engineer contract. fortunately they were apprehended before this very large contract was awarded. similarly in august of this year a federal court grand jury in virginia got people on conspiracy, wire fraud, illegal gratuities,

and new york and a representative from the obama administration in this case the army corps of engineers so three out of five wins they're going to pass this regulatory package which they have quoted would allow twenty two thousand gas wells in the delaware river basin which would basically industrialize the headwaters of that river and contaminate them and forever change what is a national wild and scenic river a tourist destination for five point four million people and again the source of drinking water for five fifteen point six million people it also happens to be where i live so i've been campaigning with the film gas and all across the united states two hundred cities in the u.s. in the last eighteen months showing the film doing q. and a is doing rallies and on five continents. europe australia north america and another one so i'm having a rick perry moment but basically. what i what i have to do now is come home and take a stand and this is what we're asking at save the delaware river dot com you can find information about the protests that are going to be happening on november

army corps of engineers or other u.s. institutions because of disputes i think there are some limits to how much money can be stored in without evidence but more importantly than that. i think iraq and iraqis seem to be taking some steps towards requesting compensation for the destruction that happened in the country and this does have a lot of precedence i think iraq is involved. in a compensation system iraq is being five percent of its revenue to kuwait as compensation to the iraqi invasion of kuwait in one thousand nine hundred eighty one and this is we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars worth of compensation to those iraqis who were killed injured displaced or to iraq as a nation that has been destroyed because of the twenty years war with the united states so it's a huge issue i think how does this issue though right affect the relationship between the u.s. and the iraqi people certainly i can't imagine that relationship is anywhere near good right now considering as you say you know before the u.s. cam

army corps of engineers or other u.s. institutions because of disputes and i think there are some limits to how much money can be stored in without any evidence but more importantly than that i think iraq and iraqis seem to be taking some steps towards to questing compensation for the destruction that happened in the country and that was blogger and iraqi american political activist right gerard and that will do it for now but for more on the stories we covered go to r.t. dot com slash usa or check out our you tube it.

work for the corps of engineers is a construction foreman. nderful sense of humor news reports about your salaries. i made good money before that. dan was making computer was making, barbara walters was making. my father was very red-haired. he would call me. i told him. the company back. he said, reading time magazine. i said, come on. why are we talking about this? how tell you why. as long as we have known you weeds and how much to set aside this year. i took them shopping. >> oh, yes. >> and we were driving. this cargo into the supermarket. i thought i would throw off -- show off my thrifty gene spirit fresh squeezed or is used. i said to me that is really expensive. he reached down and my shopping cart and picked up three very sensible of the california wine and said, i guess the money @booktv orange juice will help if these. [laughter] >> she must've been very proud. >> you was, but you know, he was not in modest. you could not as my mother about me without her saying, and my son bill runs a restaurant, sunlight is a marine. they just di

frozen most of the year, conoco phillips wants to build a bridge over the river but the army corps of engineersosystem. the closest stroijt proposed bridge is a population 400. it took us four flights and 8 hours to get there from seattle. the next closest human, 200 miles away. there they want the construction and soil jobs. an activist who is fighting the bridge over bird habitat has never even been to the area. >> we are here. we are proving that we can make it this far and where we can move forward with the oil industry. >> reporter: the petroleum reserve is near prudow bay. the pipeline which was built in 1970 crosses 800 rivers. could it ever get built today? megyn: dan stringer, thank you. megyn: we are getting word the meeting has wrapped up between president obama and the people who run the eurozone. and what if anything the use the can or should do about it and what if any impact lit have on the united states, depending on what outcome the europeans choose. the word on the wires is president obama says the eurozone crisis is a huge issue for the u.s. economy. that's not a huge newsmak

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the epa, the corps of engineers and recently the live deal. when they get get involved and stop the process that you putting forward, let me know where i can be of help to you. >> i appreciate that, and i will just reiterate one thing on that, congressman young. the position that the deputy secretary is occupying today essentially allows interior through the deputy secretary to bring those agencies together. >> okay, now, regarding the comprehensive conservation plan for anwr, why hasn't the united states fish and wildlife service listed oil and gas development in the coastal plain as an alternative decision to be considered whether just including additional wilderness designations? >> our position has been and is today that drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge is not appropriate. >> be ah, now, my point is, now, remember, the no more clause. i actually think your fish and wildlife agency is stepping over their lines, and we will eventually find out in court. it's not going to go with through this congress anyway. kid yourself, you'r